Logging hook and link



May 29, 1923. 'i,45 ,931

' LVE.PARKER Filed April 5, 1922 INVE/VTUR Z. Par/fer,

A TTORNEYS Patented May 29, 1923.

UNITED} STATES j tastes-i I LOGGING noon Ann max.

Application filed April 5, 19 22. Serial No; 549,699.".

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, LUKE EVERETT PARKER, a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Pe Ell, inthe county of'Lewis and State of \Vashixigton, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LoggingHooks and Links, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to improvements in hook and link arrangements, and it consists inthe combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my'in'vention is to provide an extremely simple and etficient hook and link arrangement designed primarily, although not necessarily, for use in logging operations to detachably connect separated elementstogether in such manner as to'normally prevent the connected-together parts from being disconnected accidentally in service. 7 v

A further object of my invention is to provide an arrangement of the character described which comprises a hook formed with no relatively movable parts and a linkadapted to engage the hook when in a certain position in respect thereto and prevented from disengaging the hook when in any other position, j a A still further object of my invention is to provide a device ofthe characterdescribed which is strong and durable inconstruction, easily adjusted and not likely to get out of order easily in the service for which intended.

ther objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly outlined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a practical em bodiment of the invention, showing a hook and a link comprised in the; device in connected position,

Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1, I V

: spectively, when an integral stud 9f of non-q i "1'05 tends from the inner edge of the retaining showing the hook alone,

Fi 3 is a fragmentary sectional view substantially along the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view, showing in side elevation a modified form of hook embodying the same invention as that illustrated in the preceding views.

Referring now to the drawings and particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive thereof, a

hook is indicated generally. at l and corn- I prises the'body'portion2 formed to provide an eye or loop at one end and to providea hill portion 4 at the opposite 'e nd thereof,

the'bill 4 being tapered toward its end. and the hook being fashioned so that the end portion of the bill extends toward the" eye '3, f substantially in parallelismwith the body 2,

as is usual, The hook 1 is made of any suitable materiahsuch as iron ,,steel,jor the like.

T he front'portion of the/loop or eye-3' projjects forwardly of the body 2, as shown. I The numeral 5 designates a chain link to which the hook 1 maybe attached. A cable 6 is permanently attached to theflink 5 many. suitable manner. The link 5, is substantially elliptical in shape, asis ordinary, and is. preferably'formed of stock of substantially circular cross-sectional contour. In hook and link. arrangements having the construction described so far, the 1111145 13 liable to ,disenj gage the'hook 1 when the connecting element in which the hook 1 and the, link 5 are incorporated becomes slack. .It is of course desirablethat' this objectionable feature be obviatedwithout precluding the ability to.

disengage the hook from the link when desired. To this end, I provide a retaining member 7 which is arrangedor located-between the point 8 of thebill-o-fthe hook and the forwardly projecting portion of the eye or loop 3 and thepro'ximate sidev -of t'hex-=- body '2whereby the space between the point of the bill and the proximate portion of the extent that only a relatively reduced portion 9 of the link 5' can be movedjtherethrough to I v I effect the connection ordisconnection of the link and hook. The "retaining member .7 ispreferably fashioned in the form of a suloand upper sides or edges of theflat retaining member 7 are adapted to closely contact I retaining member -7--1s restricted to 'suchan'.

portions of the body 2 and the forwardlyprojectingportionof the loop or eye 3, re-

of the stud is upsetat 11 to; hold the. inner and upper edgesof the retaining member 7 in abutting relation to the body 2 and the] opening 10 through the body 2 and the end I lower portion ofthe forwardly projecting part of the eye or loop 3, respectively. The opening 10 is formed to cooperate with the stud 9 so as to engage the latter to prevent rotation thereof about its axis.

It is to be observed at this point that the reduced portion of the link 5 is located intermediate of the length of the latter and in consequence, is not likely to be moved between the point of the bill a and the proximate portion of the retaining member 7 in service unless it is desired that the hook and link be disconnected, one from the other.

it will be obvious that the link 5 and the hook I can be readily and easily connected together, when desired, and disconnected at will with equal facility. The hook l includes no relatively movable parts and is therefore not likely to get out of order in service or to be rendered inoperative ordetrimentally affected by adverse service conditions, as when the hook becomes rusted or covered with mud, ice, or other obstructions to the service of hooks embodying moving parts, of which I am aware.

The retaining member 7 is preferably formed so that the front edge or side thereof lies substantially in the plane of the corresponding side of the end portion of the bill 4, thereby offering no obstruction to the link 5 when the latter and the hook I are moved together in the operation of connecting these elements together.

The retaining member 7 not only serves to prevent the link 5 being accidentally displaced from the hook l but in addition, strengthens the body 2 of the hook and stays or braces the forwardly extending portion of the eye or loop 3.

In theform of the device illustrated in Fig. 4, the retaining and strengthening memher 7 is an integral part of the hook l and is merged into the body portion 2 and into the forwardly projecting portion of the loop 3 of the hook, as shown.

tion, and a retaining and strengthening ele- 7 ment positionedupon said body portion to restrict the passageway leading through the space between the bill and the body portion of the hook and extending in one direction to the forwardly projecting portion of the hook and in the opposite direction an appreciable distance along the body portion of the hook to strengthen the latter adjacent to the loop portion thereof and'to stay the loop portion of the hook, the face of the retaining and strengthening element remote from the body portion of the hook lying in a plane tangent to the outer side of the bill.

As an article of manufacture, a hook having a substantially straight body portion provided with a bill at one end thereof and with a loop or eye at the other end thereof, said body portion having an opening of noncircular cross-sectional contour extending transversely therethrough at an appreciable distance above the plane of the end of the bill of the hook, and a substantially fiat retaining member having av stud extending from one end thereof and adapted to be projected through said transverse opening and offset at its end to hold the retaining memheragainst the body and loop portion of the hook, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

LUKE EVERETT PARKER. 

